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Rural community gets its chance to grill Rangitīkei candidates
[ad_1] George Heagney/Stuff Rangitīkei candidates in Taihape, from left, NZ First’s Helma Vermeulen, Andrew Hoggard of ACT, Zulifgar Butt from Labour, Bernard Long of the Greens and National’s Suze Redmayne. Political candidates in Rangitīkei have offered their best solutions for restoring farmer confidence. Federated Farmers Manawatū-Rangitīkei hosted a meeting for Rangitīkei electorate candidates at the Read more…
Here’s what to do with your thousands of travel photos
[ad_1] 123RF The digital era has meant travellers take far more photos than they used to in the days of film. You have a lot of travel photos. That’s surely safe to assume. We all get around these days with mobile phones, sporting cameras in our pockets at all times, always able to satiate the Read more…
Driver who killed pedestrian was drink-driving again just weeks later
[ad_1] givealittle/supplied Irish national Declan Curley, 37, died after being struck by a vehicle on Dixon St, in central Wellington, in February 2022. (File photo) The driver who killed a pedestrian on a central Wellington street was caught drink-driving again just weeks later. Declan Curley, 37, an Irish national living in Wellington, died at the Read more…
Fonterra posts record $1.6b annual profit, pays highest ever dividend
[ad_1] Fonterra reported a record annual profit of $1.6 billion and is returning record dividends to its shareholders. The co-operative’s profit increased by $994 million in the year to the end of July, from $583m the previous year. Excluding one-time items such as assets sales and impairments, profit increased by $738m to $1.3b. Units in Read more…
Why Swedish death cleaning is for the living (and how to do it)
[ad_1] Ah, the Scandinavians, with their appetites for minimalism and dark cinema. If you haven’t heard of Swedish death cleaning yet, then no, it’s not something grim and ritualistic you’re about to see on the big screen: It’s just another way of mindfully de-cluttering your house. The core concept of Swedish death cleaning is: don’t Read more…
Could Volkswagen be the next brand to unveil an electric ute?
[ad_1] Matthew Hansen/Stuff Volkswagen launched its all-new Amarok ute earlier this year. The model’s newfound Ford DNA could see it adopt the blue oval’s plug-in hybrid engine in the future. This article originally appeared on Motoringnz.com With Ford this week unveiling a plug-in hybrid version of its popular Ranger ute, it raises the question of Read more…
Live: State of emergency declared in Gore as rain buckets down on Southland
[ad_1] Calls for volunteers as sandbagging begins in Southland amid torrential rain, while winds have grounded helicopters battling a fire further north. [ad_2]
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken: A smart, big-hearted and funny animated movie
[ad_1] Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (PG, 90 mins) Directed by Kirk DeMicco ***½ Look, we all know that being 15 years old and facing down your end-of-year high-school prom is tough. Who will you take? Will anyone want to even go with you? What should you wear? Will you be cool enough to invited to Read more…
Suspicious fire causes campsite evacuation in Spring Creek, Marlborough
[ad_1] Anthony Phelps/Stuff Assistant commander Chris Hayles at the scene of a large scrub fire at the Wairau Bar in Spring Creek near Blenheim. Firefighters have spent hours mopping up after “quite a sizeable” fire whipped through scrub near Blenheim, causing a nearby campsite to be evacuated. Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) responded to Read more…